Snow guard and fender.



PIA'IENTED OCT. 23 19.06. ,Hi N. &R. H; SIEGER.

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APPLICATION FILED APL 12. 1906.

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HENRY N. SIEGER AND ROBERT H. SIEGER, OE sLATiNcTON, PENN- sYLvANiA. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lOct. 23, 1 9U 6.

Application filed April 12,-1906. Serial Nox 311,257.

kvSnow Guard and Fender, of which t e following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in guards or fenders to prevent snow from sliding from a roof, an object bein to provide a device for this purpose that wifi ,be simple in construction, light in weight, and yet strong.

We will describe a snow guard and fender embodyin our invention and thenpoint out the novel features in the append ed claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyning d rawings,forming a part of this specification, in Which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a guard or fender embodying our invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof.

It is to be understood that in practice any desired number ofguards may be used-on a roof; but a description of one will answer for l all. The guard comprises an upright plate 1, having at its lower ec ge an outwardly-extended bed-plate 2, and the plates 1 and 2 have cast integral with them braces 3.

' These braces extend from the plate 2 and their vertical portions connectin with the plate 1 are divergent. This gives great strength or resistance to the plate 1, but permits the whole device to 'be made comparatively li ht.

The p ate 2 adjacent to the lower edge of the plate'l is provided with an opening 4 for the passing therethrough ofthe fasteningstrap 5.. This stra at the portion direct y in the opening 4 when the parts are assembled is inclined upward, as indicated at 6, so as to permit the strap to rest upon the upper surface of the base-plate 2, and the end of the strap is provided with a hook member 7 for engaging underneath the end of said baseplate, the under side of which is cut away, as indicated at 8, so that the lower surface of said hook member will be4 flush with the lower surface of the plate 2, as it is well understood that the strap is of a thickness corresponding to the thickness of shingles or slate with which the roof may be covered and that the strap engages between adjacent shingles or slate and is covered by another shingle or slate.

The strap may be secured to the roof in any desired manner-that is, it may have a hooked upper end 9 for engaginglover the rafter 10 or the like, or it may be provided with perforations 11, through any one of Which a fastening-nail may'pass.y The plate 1 is provided with openin s 12 to permit air to pass through for quic ly melting snoW that may lie against the fender. By making the part with the strap separable from the guard proper the parts when separated may be readily packed in a comparatively small space for shipment or storage.

, Obviously the' guard or fender may be made of any suitable metal and have any or` namentation desired.

Having thus described our invention, We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenti 1. A snow-guard for the purpose specified comprising an upright plate, a bed-plate eX- tended therefrom, an opening being formed in the bed-plate at its junction wit the upright plate, the said bed-plate also having a cut-away portion at its under side and a securing-strap adapted to pass through said Opening, and having a hook end for engaging in said cut-away portion.

2. A snow-guard for the purpose s ecified comprising an upright plate, a bed-p ate eX- tended therefrom, an opening being formed adjacent the junction of the bed-plate with the upright plate, the said bed-plate having a cut-away portion at its under side, and a securing-strip adapted to pass through said opening, and having a hook end for engaging in said cut-away portion.

3. A snow-guard for the purpose specified, comprising an upright plate, a bed-plate eX- tended therefrom, brace connections between said plates, the portion of said braces which connects with the upright plete being names to this speciiioation in the presence of divergent, and an opening being formed adtwo subscribing witnesses. jacent the junction of the bed-plate with the HENRY N. SIEGER. uprlght plate, and a securing-strip adapted ROBERT H SFGFR 5 t0 pass through said opening and having a J J hook end for engaging with the bed-plate in- Vitnesses: termeiate the braces. C. L. BERKEMEYER, In testimony whereof we have signed our ROBT. H. DALBY. 

